Self-sufficient Gibraltar benefits from an extensive shipping trade, offshore banking, and its position as an international conference center.

Other campaigning themes of the Reform Party were proportional representation, devolved integration of Gibraltar with the UK, anti-sexism, fair treatment for sexual minorities, greater rights for non-EU residents and a radical restructuring of tax and benefits systems.

During the period January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1996, spending a total time of three months or more in the Channel Islands, England, the Falkland Islands, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales precludes individuals from donating.

In 1937, the school moved from the city center to the new Gibraltar Campus, named after the mansion which owned the grounds, where it is now located.

Flavius and the Book of Jubilees described the continents as the lands given by Noah to his three sons ; Europe was defined as stretching from the Pillars of Hercules at the Strait of Gibraltar, separating it from North Africa, to the Don, separating it from Asia.

Being considered a high risk town, the charter included incentives to settle there such as the offering of freedom from justice to anyone who lived in Gibraltar for one year and one day.

Henry IV restored the charter granted to Gibraltar in 1310 and took two additional measures: the lands previously belonging to Algeciras ( destroyed in 1369 ) were granted to Gibraltar ; and the status of collegiate church was solicited from the pope Pius II and granted to the parish church of Saint Mary the Crowned (), now the Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned, on the site of the old main Moorish Mosque.

* 1502 10 July – By a Royal Warrant passed in Toledo by Isabella I of Castile, Gibraltar was granted its coat of arms: " An escutcheon on which the upper two thirds shall be a white field and on the said field set a red castle, and below the said castle, on the other third of the escutcheon, which must be a red field in which there must be a white line between the castle and the said red field, there shall be a golden key which hangs by a chain from the said castle, as are here figured ".

* 1540 8 September – Corsairs from the Barbary Coast ( ruled by Barbarossa ) landed at Gibraltar in sixteen galleys, looting the town and taking away many captives.

* 1704 24 August – The Alliance fleet, under the command of Rooke, set sail from Gibraltar and intercepted a joint Spanish-French fleet that attempted to recover Gibraltar by the coast of Málaga ( Battle of Vélez-Málaga ).

The result was uncertain, with heavy losses on both sides, but the Spanish-French fleet was stopped and prevented from arriving at Gibraltar.

* 1704 11 November – A notable incident during the siege: 500 Spanish volunteer grenadiers tried to surprise the garrison after being led up a concealed path to the top of The Rock by a Spanish goatherd from Gibraltar, Simón Susarte.

" This was not respected for long and Gibraltar has had for many years an established Jewish community, along with Muslims from North Africa.

This was an action by French and Spanish forces to wrest control of Gibraltar from the established British Garrison.

* During the Peninsular War, contingents from the Gibraltar Garrison were sent to aid Spanish resistance to the French at Cádiz and Tarifa.

As William Jackson describes, Gradually Gibraltar changed from being the objective of the San Roque garrison into the supply base and refuge in time of trouble for the Spanish forces operating in Southern Andalusia.

* 1830-The British government changes the status of Gibraltar from The town and garrison of Gibraltar in the Kingdom of Spain to the Crown Colony of Gibraltar.

* 1842 21 August – The Church of England Diocese of Gibraltar was founded by Letters Patent and took over the pastoral care of the chaplaincies and congregations from Portugal to the Caspian Sea.

In August 1938, the Republican destroyer Jose Luis Diez took refuge in Gibraltar after taking casualties from the guns of the National cruiser Canarias.

The history of Gibraltar from the Second World War is characterized by two main elements: the increasing autonomy and self-government achieved by Gibraltarians and the re-emergence of the Spanish claim, especially during the years of the Francoist dictatorship.

* 1940 – 1943 – Gibraltar harbour was attacked many times by Italian commando frogmen operating from Algeciras.

Among the many attractions of this area are the extensive Land of the Beardies History Museum with its splendid collection of biographical and historical records, the town parks, fishing, fossicking areas, Gibraltar Range National Park, several waterfalls, the Australian Standing Stones, which are large monoliths and the World Heritage listed Washpool National Park.

Whilst the series was unable to compete with the likes of Dallas and Dynasty in terms of opulence, its stylistic aspects did develop as it went on, with the staging of powerboat races and fashion shows and extensive location filming in Guernsey, Malta and Gibraltar as the storylines dictated.

The area around the bay in Spain is heavily industrialised with extensive petrochemical installations near San Roque ( such as the CEPSA oil refinery and Acerinox stainless steel manufacturing plant ) and working ports in both Algeciras and Gibraltar.

The Swan Helenic Cruiseship Minerva II, originally built as the Renaissance Cruises R8 was renamed Royal Princess in 2007 after an extensive refit during a drydock in Gibraltar.

Gibraltar economy, mainly based on commercial shipping and import-export trade, takes a new income source with the opening of a coaling station for the new steam ships.

Situated at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, adjacent to the Strait of Gibraltar ( one of the world's busiest shipping lanes ) and with over 7, 000 ship calls each year, Gibraltar is home to a wealth of shipping expertise and to many specialist companies offering a comprehensive range of support services, most notably the dockyard of Gibdock.

In addition to some separate single-player missions, they also come as a string in the theme of " U-boat highlights ", allowing the player to re-experience such well-known adventures as U-47s penetration into Scapa Flow, passing through the Strait of Gibraltar and Operation Drumbeat against American shipping.

As well as having Buster Crabb in mind, Fleming would also recall the information about the 10th Light Flotilla, an elite unit of Italian navy frogmen who used wrecked ships in Gibraltar to launch attacks on Allied shipping.

The island was indeed considered the " Gibraltar of the West " because of its strategic location on the – wide deep shipping lane, the Straits of Florida, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

The Spanish navy harassed Dutch shipping that had to sail through the Strait of Gibraltar to Italy and the Levant, thereby forcing the Dutch to sail in convoys with naval escorts.

In 1917, this was transferred to become the Ministry of Shipping, with responsibility for ' sea transport of military forces and supplies, food and raw materials for industry, Atlantic, Gibraltar and Russian convoys, shipping losses and tonnage requirements, shipbuilding and other matters relating to wartime British and allied control of merchant shipping '.

The channel, known as Wainfleet Haven, was still used by shipping, although larger ships unloaded cargo into river barges close to Gibraltar Point, from where the barges travelled up the river to Wainfleet.

The airline was established in 1931 as an offshoot of Gibraltarian shipping company MH Bland, in Gibraltar.

Due to its geographical position on a major shipping route, Gibraltar is one of the largest bunkering ports in the Mediterranean, followed by neighbour Algeciras in Spain.

The area around the Bay of Gibraltar has been inhabited for millennia and the bay itself has been used by merchant shipping for at least 3, 000 years.

More than 60 U-boats were sent to disrupt shipping in the sea, though many were already attacked at the Strait of Gibraltar controlled by Britain ( of which nine were sunk while attempting passage and ten more were damaged ).

This fact increased again the importance of Gibraltar, yet in Marinid hands, in the strait trade.

: The Treaty stipulated that no overland trade between Gibraltar and Spain was to take place, except for emergency provisions in the case that Gibraltar is unable to be supplied by sea.

* 1721 March – Philip V of Spain requested the restitution of Gibraltar to proceed to the renewal of the trade licences of Great Britain with the Spanish possessions in America.

Gibraltar has invested in a new cruise ship terminal and is increasingly popular with this trade.

Tingis ( modern Tangier ), a town at the Pillars of Hercules ( modern Strait of Gibraltar ) became a major trade centre.

Together, the three sites are illustrative of the evolution of the fur trade in Western Canada, from exploration and expansion westward ( Fort Rouge, established in 1738 by the French ), to the dominance of the North West Company ( Fort Gibraltar, established in 1807 ) and finally the ascendancy of the Hudson ’ s Bay Company ( Fort Garry ).

A German military presence or naval base in Morocco could threaten the nearby British naval base at Gibraltar, or important trade routes through the Mediterranean.

Lloyds TSB Offshore Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank, operates branches in Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, while Lloyds TSB Bank ( Gibraltar ) Limited operates in Gibraltar ; both trade as Lloyds TSB International.

" In essence the declaration stated that the people of Gibraltar will never compromise, give up or trade their sovereignty or their right to self-determination ; that Gibraltar wants good, neighbourly, European relations with Spain ; and that Gibraltar belongs to the people of Gibraltar and is neither Spain's to claim or Britain's to give away.

However, the Treaty stipulates " that the above-named propriety be yielded to Great Britain without any territorial jurisdiction " and that no overland trade between Gibraltar and Spain is to take place, except for emergency provisions in the case that Gibraltar is unable to be resupplied by sea.

Utica was founded as a port located on the trade route leading to the Straits of Gibraltar and the Atlantic, thus facilitating Phoenician trade in the Mediterranean.

The German Navy ( Kriegsmarine ) aimed at isolating Gibraltar, Malta, and the Suez Canal so as to break Britain's trade route.

Baring's personal influence in government waned but his expert advice, always fairly delivered, continued to be provided on such matters as trade with Turkey, the importance of Gibraltar, and the funding of the national debt.

Jervis requested Bowen to come out and take command of a squadron of small vessels operating around Gibraltar in defence of British trade and the garrison there.

The Battle of Salado in 1340 resulted in the opening of maritime trade between southern and northern Europe through the Strait of Gibraltar and a growing presence of Italian and Flemish merchants in Seville, who were key to the inclusion of the southern routes of the Crown of Castile in that commerce.